ROCS Tso Ying (DDG-1803; Chinese: 左營號; Wade–Giles: Tso3 Ying2 Hao2) is a Kee Lung-class guided-missile destroyer currently in active service of the Republic of China Navy (ROCN; Taiwan). It was formally commissioned at Suao Naval Base in northeastern Taiwan on 3 November 2006 along with sister ship ROCS Ma Kong (DDG-1805). Tso Ying is named after the largest naval base in Taiwan, the Tso Ying Naval Base in Tsoying District, Kaohsiung City in southern Taiwan. The Tso Ying Naval Base is also the location of the Taiwanese naval academy and fleet headquarters.
Tso Ying, formerly USS Kidd (DDG-993), the lead ship of her class of destroyers for the United States Navy, was purchased by the Taiwanese government in 2004. Her new name in ROCN service was originally planned to be Chi The, which is a transliteration of "Kidd" into Chinese.
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.